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I have to say I am very confused by your photos. I saw these 24 hours ago and I am still confused, even more so now after just reading all the text. On some of these shots you seem to fight the light and not use it to your advantage? Maybe you should let the technical guy in you go on vacation for a bit and let the artist shine a bit more? What is photography all about at the end of the day? No offence, and I like your technical input to this website, but just somehow it feels like there is no soul here.

arhmatic: If anyone in power is reading this, please relax the rules around the US embassies. I happened to be outside the US embassy (in a NATO country, if this makes any difference to some) in the street... when I was violently approached by US Embassy security. Totally useless use of force.

Apparently, you can't pull your phone out of your pocket in the vicinity of a US Embassy fence. You can't stop a car by the curb... and so on.

It's their culture. Police will treat you like scum, airport security and even airline staff will scream at you, you just have to comply. So much freedom...

cinemascope: Regarding the lack of a D400...I think Canon and Nikon are trying very hard to keep the 3K pricing bracket alive for as long as they can... Canon just got those 50MP out mainly so they can sustain their pricing... And for Nikon, that means keeping D800-style controls exclusive of that price bracket, otherwise they will soon not be able to justify their pricing... Hence why the D750 also doesn't have those, why they cannot release a D400 anymore... They would be shooting themselves in the foot... They need to maintain the status quo somehow and I think they are very scared of loosing that 3K price bracket... Specialist cameras like the D810A also help in that regard, and I think that should be trend going forward...The laptop market saw a huge drop in prices a few years back, and I think the same needs to happen to the camera market, but the two dinosaurs are in denial...

I know they are, but those are not "3K products" and never were... They were always meant to be cheaper anyway... The price pressure is elsewhere... Nevermind...

cinemascope: Regarding the lack of a D400...I think Canon and Nikon are trying very hard to keep the 3K pricing bracket alive for as long as they can... Canon just got those 50MP out mainly so they can sustain their pricing... And for Nikon, that means keeping D800-style controls exclusive of that price bracket, otherwise they will soon not be able to justify their pricing... Hence why the D750 also doesn't have those, why they cannot release a D400 anymore... They would be shooting themselves in the foot... They need to maintain the status quo somehow and I think they are very scared of loosing that 3K price bracket... Specialist cameras like the D810A also help in that regard, and I think that should be trend going forward...The laptop market saw a huge drop in prices a few years back, and I think the same needs to happen to the camera market, but the two dinosaurs are in denial...

Canon's strategy seems to be to put 2 additional high MP models above the 5D3.So if there is price pressure on the 5D3, the other two models can hold it safely at 3K.Nikon's strategy seems to be to keep the D700/800-style of controls 3K-exclusive.The D750 came out WITHOUT D800-style controls, and I think, it's because of this strategy.So now, a D400 would go against that, because it would be priced under $2K very likely, but WITH D800 controls.And that would make it harder justifying the price tag of the D800 and put more pressure in the 3K bracket.And what would define a D400 would be those controls.So, while I'd love a D400 myself, I think it ain't gonna happen. We will probably get an APS-C version of the D750, probably called D9000 or something like that...And that is also in line with my point about the D810A.A specialist product, above the D810, just like Canon did, to help keep the 3K bracket alive and healthy...

cinemascope: Regarding the lack of a D400...I think Canon and Nikon are trying very hard to keep the 3K pricing bracket alive for as long as they can... Canon just got those 50MP out mainly so they can sustain their pricing... And for Nikon, that means keeping D800-style controls exclusive of that price bracket, otherwise they will soon not be able to justify their pricing... Hence why the D750 also doesn't have those, why they cannot release a D400 anymore... They would be shooting themselves in the foot... They need to maintain the status quo somehow and I think they are very scared of loosing that 3K price bracket... Specialist cameras like the D810A also help in that regard, and I think that should be trend going forward...The laptop market saw a huge drop in prices a few years back, and I think the same needs to happen to the camera market, but the two dinosaurs are in denial...

@jpino79:You got me wrong...I don't care about FF nor do I want to buy cameras at the 3K price range.I don't even care if they sell FF for 1K, I will keep buying APS-C or 4/3s even if it costs more.I own 4-5 cameras, all around 2K or less, and I'd rather buy 2 1.5K cameras than a single 3K one.My personal point of view is that anything over 2K is silly priced, and I won't go there...BUT, my point wasn't personal. It was purely from a marketing point of view...

OK. Nikon and Canon have a problem: prices for FF are declining massively.$3K is their golden cash cow, where they make absurd profits, matched with nice sales volumes.(I would guess probably some of the biggest profit margins in non-luxury manufacturing...)But the wonder days of 3K are under threat, because hey, it's not 2005 anymore.So they need to try to maintain that price bracket attractive at any cost.In other words, something needs to sustain the 3K price braket alive and attractive.(continues below...)

Regarding the lack of a D400...I think Canon and Nikon are trying very hard to keep the 3K pricing bracket alive for as long as they can... Canon just got those 50MP out mainly so they can sustain their pricing... And for Nikon, that means keeping D800-style controls exclusive of that price bracket, otherwise they will soon not be able to justify their pricing... Hence why the D750 also doesn't have those, why they cannot release a D400 anymore... They would be shooting themselves in the foot... They need to maintain the status quo somehow and I think they are very scared of loosing that 3K price bracket... Specialist cameras like the D810A also help in that regard, and I think that should be trend going forward...The laptop market saw a huge drop in prices a few years back, and I think the same needs to happen to the camera market, but the two dinosaurs are in denial...

aris14: Αt the bdsm (before developing social media) times we all wanted small cellphones.Then came the smartphones and we all got some plates to serve coffee with which we can make a phone call.Phones had a decent camera 3 to 5 Mp and then up to 8 Mp quite capable for an sm post, allowing an acceptable A4 print even for mags.It seems they follow the same curve as ultra compacts some 5-5 years ago with a tiny sensor and a zillion Mps.There is no reason to have zillion Mps for sm nor bigger sensors. There is no need for that except for companies marketeers just for selling phones. Nothing but with that if their phones were good enough to last 2 days heavy use.

maxnimo: They need to come up with some sort of a universal short-range, encrypted Wi-Fi that can communicate directly and easily between any and all devices.... Like between a TV, camera, laptop over internet, house lights, alarm system, front door, car, fridge, backup storage... etc.